Sports

IT was an exciting and busy weekend for Kilmurry Ibrickane star, Enda Coughlan. On Saturday, Maeve gave birth to their first baby, Abbey and on Sunday he played a key role in Kilmurry Ibrickane’s return to the top in Clare football, kicking four points in their victory over St Josephs at Cusack Park.

AT least St Joseph’s Doora-Barefield avoided joining Cratloe (1887), Miltown (1908 and 1911), Kilfenora (1914) and Kilmurry Ibrickane (1924), who all failed to score in their respective county football finals. That was probably the highlight of their county-final appearance, which underlines how quickly St Joseph’s will be attempting to blank memories of last Sunday from their memory.

Newmarket    3-8Kilmaley         1-10A BRACE of goals from Erica Minogue early in the second half laid the foundations for Newmarket’s win over Kilmaley in the final of the Clare Senior Camogie Championship, at Clarecastle on Sunday.

Sixmilebridge   7-13Wolfe Tones       0-8SIXMILEBRIDGE launched a second-half onslaught on Wolfe Tones to claim the Glenomra Senior Shield at Clarecastle on Sunday.

Cratloe            2-10Ennistymon   2-7THE meeting of the champions of the past two years in the 2011 U-21A championship final resulted in an excellent game of football at Cusack Park on Sunday when Cratloe repeated their success of 2009 over Ennistymon.

St Flannan’s College are through to the knock-out stage of the Dr Harty Cup (Munster Colleges Senior A Hurling Championship) following their win over St Colman’s at Charleville on Wednesday. They had already beaten Thurles CBS in round one.

At the end of March, Ruan and Éire Óg clashed in the opening round of the Clare Champion Cup, (Division 2B) when Ruan emerged victorious by two points, 2-16 to 2-14.

Banner Ladies                  3-14 West Clare Gaels               0-7Banner Ladies recorded a comfortable win over West Clare Gaels in the Division 1 League semi-final in Miltown on Saturday evening.